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" It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake. "

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" After being cooked, ling cod tends to bleed out some moisture, so, before serving, let it rest a few moments on a plate. Once the moisture has been released, you can carefully pick up the fillet with a slotted spatula and transfer it to another plate for saucing. This way, you won't sog out your beautiful sauce. "

" I'm not exactly the best capitalist ever. "

" For a group of friends or a family dinner, fish tacos are popular and fun to make. "

" The one thing I could do with my eyes closed is my Grandma's schnecken. "

" Tender and sweet, Manila clams partner well with a wide variety of foods - white wine, sake, beer, butter, leeks, fresh herbs, roasted peppers, olives, and wild mushrooms, to name a few. "

" The state of Washington calls tips 'wages.' "

" The simplest way to prepare Dungeness crabs is to boil them in the shell and set them in front of your guests with crab crackers or crab hammers, cocktail forks, and plenty of napkins. "

" Most of America doesn't pay dishwashers $10. "

" Mastering one recipe is better than mastering too many. Learn something and own it, and you'll feel so much better about it. You'll have more confidence if you've made it five times, and that confidence adds so much fun to cooking. "

" I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own. "

" When I was young, I would make my parents breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings. "

" It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine. "

" My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've probably had to go through and raise every menu price now by 50 cents because it took away my profit. I just underestimated what it was going to cost. "

" Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows. "

" The key to great fried squid is 'flash-frying' in hot oil for only a few minutes, which keeps it tender. "

" Entrepreneurial people are never satisfied. "

" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "

" I would say a full-time waiter in a high-price house could easily make $75,000, $80,000 a year. "

" It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better. "

" How can anyone live off of minimum wage? "

" Catfish's mild taste adapts well to a wide array of flavors, especially strong assertive ones, which is why you used to see it 'blackened' Cajun style on so many restaurant menus - a trick which soon became a tired cliche. "

" The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish. "

" I have an affinity for the old Seattle coffee shops, places like the Green Onion and the Copper Kettle, the classic kind of coffee bar - little places that served breakfast, lunch and dinner and have pretty much disappeared. "

" My longtime friend Steven Steinbock, who has worked with me for more than thirty years, is a master at panfrying fish and seafood. "

" In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints. "

" Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable. "

" Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks. "

" One-pot meals make a lot of sense... because so much of what people hate about cooking is really the cleanup, the mess, the grease. "